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1、ConstituentTheU.Kisonenationwithapassport,andasinglegovernmenthavingsovereigntyoveritallIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdom1.AcomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatednameThefullnameofthecountryis:TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.TheMake-upoftheUKF
2、ourParts-----England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland2.TheeffectsofitsimperialpastTheeffectsofitsimperialpastmaybeoftenencounteredinallsortsofways,notleastinthecloserelationshipsthatexistwiththefiftyormorecountrieswhichusedtobeapartofthatempire,andwhic
3、hmaintainfrequenttraderelationsthroughalooseorganizationcalledtheCommonwealthofNations.OneothereffectisinthemakeupoftheBritishpopulationitself.3.AmemberoftheEuropeanUnionTheUKhasbeenamemberoftheEuropeanUnionsince1973,anditismoreusefulwhenconsideringmod
4、ernBritaintoemphasizeitsroleasaEuropeannation,ratherthanitsmembershipofthecommonwealth. 4.AmultiracialsocietyItincludes4partswithintheonenation-state:England,Scotland,Wales,andNorthernIreland.Groupsofimmigrantshavebroughtaspectsoftheirowncultureswithth
5、emwhichsitsidebysidewithmoretraditionallyBritishwaysoflife,forexample,manyareMuslims,whilemostBritishpeopleareChristians.Immigrationfromsomeofthecommonwealthnations----populationsofwhich1in20arenon-Europeanethnicity.5.Remarkableclass,regionalandeconomi
6、caldifferencesItisdividedeconomically:itisasocietywithaclass-structure.Differentclasseswilltendtoreaddifferentnewspapers,watchdifferenttelevisionprograms,speakwithdifferentaccents,dodifferentthingsintheirfreetime,andhavedifferentexpectationsfortheirchi
7、ldren.Evenwithineachofthe4countriestherearedifferenceregions:thedifferencebetweenthe“highland”andthe“lowland”Scotshasalonghistoricalsignificance,forexample:northandsouthEnglandarealsoconsideredtobeculturallydistinct,thoughtheboundarybetweenthemisnotmar
8、kedonanymap,andexistsonlyasaratherunclearmentalattitude.Nevertheless,thereissomebasistothedistinctionineconomictermsasthesouthisonaveragemuchwealthierthanthenorth. 6.SignificantroleofLondonLondonisdominantintheUnitedKingdominallsortsofw
